Description

Position begins August 2025

Position: Specialist

Rank & Salary: 50% time, non-tenure

Salary commensurate with qualifications. Expected pay rate prorated to percent time, including one month summer work. Salary range, $40,000-$45,000.

This position requires relocation to Austin, TX.

Responsibiities include the following:

To coordinate all aspects of Longhorn Band Color Guard, including program coordination, program design, choreography, instruction and clinics.

· Advertise, recruit for, and adjudicate Longhorn band color guard member selection
· Attend all Longhorn Band rehearsals and performances, including post season conference championship games, bowl games and FBS playoff games
· Teach Fall and Spring color guard class
· Design and teach color guard choreography in traditional college football styles as well as contemporary drum corps styles.
· Enhancement of the audio through a dynamic range of efforts: space, time, weight, and flow.
· Imaginative and inventive use of a variety of design choices
· Achievement of spacing, line, timing, and orientation
· Adherence to style and equipment, movement, and motion
· Achievement of characteristics, detail, and nuance
· Fundamental training, concentration, stamina, and recovery
· Understanding and application of equipment principles
· Achievement of blended body and equipment challenges
· Development of breath, muscle, tension, flexion, and rotation
· Training to support performance vocabulary
· Develop a culture of teamwork within all students on the color guard team
· Follow all faculty and staff guidelines

Qualifications

The Butler School of Music in the College of Fine Arts at The University of Texas at Austin periodically hires academic specialists for non-faculty positions that require expertise in specific areas. Candidates should have training, education and experience commensurate with that specialization to be taught, have potential for excellence in teaching at the undergraduate level, and demonstrate excellent communication skills.

Application Instructions

Applications should include:

cover letter
curriculum vitae
complete contact information for three references

All materials should be submitted by clicking the "Apply Now for Free" button below.

Please do not submit additional supporting materials until requested. Review of applications will continue until all positions are filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.